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SUBMITTER: Fizazi K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4673554 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Fizazi Karim K Albiges Laurence L Loriot Yohann Y Massard Christophe C
Expert review of anticancer therapy 20150101 9
Androgen deprivation therapy is the standard of care for patients with advanced hormone-sensitive prostate cancer. Despite an initial response, most patients progress to castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC). The realization that CRPC remains driven by androgen receptor (AR) signaling has formed the basis for a new generation of agents targeting the AR axis. Two of these agents, abiraterone acetate and enzalutamide, have been shown to prolong overall survival in patients with CRPC. Several ...[more]